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A Pillar Marks the Jihun Frontier
Book D10 · The Bahram Goor Cycle: Justice, Foreign Adventures, and End of a Reign

A Pillar Marks the Jihun Frontier

From D10.21, Bahram Marks the Frontier and Crowns Shahra. It illustrates D10.21.22–25:

  • D10.21.22
    He paused and let his troops rest there a week,Then called the potentates of Chin to speak.
  • D10.21.23
    He raised a pillar built of plastered stone,To mark the frontier by his will alone.
  • D10.21.24
    To cross to Iran, Turks and Khalaj would needThe Shah’s consent before they could proceed.
  • D10.21.25
    He made the Jihun stand as boundary line,The realm’s clear limit by his royal sign.

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